MEDICINE 175 



Man's body is itself a product of mind, and its condi- 

 tion depends to a great extent on the state of his mind. 

 All his diseases, in so far as they are not directly due to 

 external mechanical causes, are due to mental conditions. 



" Philosophy (anatomy) deals with the visible material 

 part of man's constitution ; but there is a vastly greater 

 part of man which is ethereal and invisible. As the 

 terrestrial body of man is intimately related to his terres- 

 trial surroundings, likewise his astral body is in relation 

 with all the influences of the astral world ; and that part 

 of philosophy dealing with these astral influences is called 

 astronomy.' 



" Astronomy is the upper part of philosophy by which 

 the whole of the microcosm may become known. Philo- 

 sophy deals with the elements of earth and water, belong- 

 ing to man's constitution. Astronomy deals with his air 

 and fire (the mind). There is a heaven and earth in man 

 as there is in the macrocosm, and in that heaven there 

 are all the celestial influences, whose visible represen- 

 tations we see in the sky, such as the planets and stars, 

 the Milky Way, the Zodiac, &c., neither more nor less ; for 

 the microcosm is an exact counterpart of the macrocosm 

 in every respect except its external form." 



" The terrestrial part of man is a child of the earth, 

 and the astral man is a child of the astral world, and as 

 the two worlds are intimately connected with each other, 

 the physician should be acquainted with the influences of 

 the astral as well as with those of the terrestrial world. 

 Man's diseases do not originate in himself ; they originate 

 from the influences which act upon him and enter his 

 constitution. The astral influences are invisible, but 

 they act upon man, unless he knows how to protect him- 

 self against them. Heat and light are intangible and 

 incorporeal ; nevertheless, they act upon man, and the 

 same takes place with other invisible influences. If the 

 air becomes vitiated, it will poison man's body; if the 

 astral influences are in a state of corruption, they will do 



